Simon Gadbois
University Teaching Fellow
Email: Simon.Gadbois@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-8848
Fax: (902) 494-6585
Mailing Address:
- Olfactory processing in dogs: biomedical and conservation applications
- Analysis of behaviour sequences (with sonification/musification)
- Waterfowl as teaching model for systematic and naturalistic observations
- Current taxa of focus: anatids (ducks & geese), canids, wood turtles
Research Interests
I study domestic and wild canids (wolves, coyotes, and red foxes). I have studied the behavioural endocrinology and social behaviour of wolves (socioendocrinology; with John Fentress and Peter McLeod) as well as food caching action sequences in red foxes, coyotes and wolves (with John Fentress and Fred Harrington). I am currently focussed on olfactory processing in canids and the applications of canine scent processing, particularly with wildlife conservation dogs (dogs trained to search and track species at risk, particularly Nova Scotian reptiles, i.e., Northern ribbon snakes, wood turtles) and dogs used for biomedical detection, diagnosis and assistance (for diabetes and anxiety/PTSD).
About My Lab
My lab is currently focussed on olfactory processing in dogs and its applications in wildlife conservation (dogs trained to find species at risk, e.g., wood turtles) and dogs used for biomedical alert and assistance (currently with PTSD). I am also developing a teaching and research program with waterfowl to teach naturalistic observations of behaviour and study the structure of behaviour patterns with musification and sonification of sequential data.
Education
BPS, MAPS (Moncton)
PhD (Dalhousie)
Teaching
NESC/PSYO 2000 — Research Methods in Experimental Psychology
NESC/PSYO 2160 — Animal Behaviour
NESC/PSYO 3162 — Advanced Animal Behaviour
NESC/PSYO 4160 — Topics in Behavioural Biology
NESC/PSYO 6160 — Comparative (Animal) Psychology
NESC/PSYO 2140 — Learning and Motivation
NESC/PSYO 4140 — Topics in Animal Learning
NESC/PSYO 6240 — Topics in Animal Learning